The Colorado Avalanche are coming off a disappointing season that saw them battle through numerous injuries before getting bounced in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by the upstart Seattle Kraken. The good news is that the Avs lifted the Cup the season before in 2022. Colorado would like to get closer to
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This season’s first-round exit from the playoffs was a bit of a downer for the Colorado Avalanche after hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2021-22. They have been one of the NHL’s top teams over the past few years, but maintaining that position isn’t going to get any easier. The salary cap crunch is starting to
A week ago, I wrote a piece highlighting Colorado Avalanche prospects who are currently playing (and thriving) in the NCAA. As everybody already knows, with the CHL yet to get underway (apart from a failed attempt to start the QMJHL season), doing prospect updates is a little bit more of a challenge. But with the
The 2020 NHL Draft was one for the ages, and that’s putting it lightly. The Colorado Avalanche walked out of the draft with a rather light crop of new prospects, but that just makes the day all the more special for the players they picked. Prospects are typically used to making a weekend out of
Nothing about 2020 has been normal and the NHL Draft was no exception. After a three-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of the Windsor Spitfires are finally ready to begin the next step in their hockey careers after hearing their names called at the 2020 NHL Draft. At the start of 2019-20,
The Calgary Flames loaned a former first-round pick to the Finnish Liiga, a top prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft gets his first goal of the season, and the Shawinigan Cataractes named their captain for the 2020-21 season. Flames Loan Välimäki To Finland The Flames have loaned defenseman Juuso Välimäki to Tampereen Ilves in